RIV
ENG
Riverside Ground
CITY
Chester-le-Street
COUNTRY
England
EST.
1995
CAPACITY
5000 (17000 for internationals)
TEST MAT
6
TEST FIRST
05 Jun 2003
ODI MAT
25
ODI FIRST
20 May 1999
T20I MAT
8
T20I FIRST
20 Aug 2008
TEST LAST
27 May 2016
T20I LAST
07 Sep 2027
pitch report

Riverside Ground pitch report: Test, ODI & T20I

Every format side by side. Gold marks the highest value on each line.

Riverside Ground by format
TestODIT20I
Matches6246
Avg 1st innings352253163
Avg 2nd innings270195150
Avg 3rd innings295––
Avg 4th innings138––
Highest total569338195
Lowest all out9499155
Bat first wins493
Chasing wins2112
Drawn–––
Wickets to pace89%11% spin72%28% spin59%41% spin
VerdictBat firstChaseBat first

Averages are from the 34 of 36 matches with a scorecard. The pace and spin shares are of the 349 wickets whose bowler has a recorded style; 174 do not.

Who wins, by format
Test
67%33%
ODI
45%55%
T20I
60%40%
Bat firstDrawnChase
who rules here

Team records at Riverside Ground

Win rate in each format, ordered by matches played here.

TeamTestODIT20I
EnglandFORTRESS100%6–0 · 6 M61%11–5 · 18 M50%3–2 · 6 M
Australia0%0–1 · 1 M29%2–4 · 7 M0%0–1 · 1 M
West Indies0%0–2 · 2 M0%0–3 · 3 M50%1–1 · 2 M
Sri Lanka0%0–1 · 1 M50%3–3 · 6 Mnot played
New Zealandnot played25%1–3 · 4 M0%0–1 · 1 M
Pakistannot played33%1–1 · 3 Mnot played
Indianot played0%0–0 · 2 M0%0–0 · 1 M
South Africanot played100%2–0 · 2 M100%1–0 · 1 M
Bangladesh0%0–1 · 1 M0%0–1 · 1 Mnot played
Zimbabwe0%0–1 · 1 M100%1–0 · 1 Mnot played
Scotlandnot played0%0–1 · 1 Mnot played

Recent matches at Riverside Ground

ODIEngland v Sri Lanka2026England won by 89 runs
T20IIndia v England2026No result
T20IEngland v West Indies2025England won by 21 runs
ODIEngland v Australia2024England won by 46 runs (DLS method)
T20IEngland v New Zealand2023England won by 7 wickets (with 36 balls remaining)
ODISouth Africa v England2022South Africa won by 62 runs
ODISri Lanka v England2021England won by 5 wickets (with 91 balls remaining)
ODIEngland v New Zealand2019England won by 119 runs
ODISri Lanka v West Indies2019Sri Lanka won by 23 runs
ODISri Lanka v South Africa2019South Africa won by 9 wickets (with 76 balls remaining)
ODIEngland v Australia2018England won by 6 wickets (with 32 balls remaining)
T20IEngland v West Indies2017West Indies won by 21 runs

Records at Riverside Ground

Every board, by format, across every international played here.

Most runs

Test
  1. 4Marcus Trescothick2 mat · avg 97.00194
  2. 5Paul Collingwood2 mat · avg 193.00193
  3. 6Chris Rogers1 mat · avg 79.50159
  4. 7Moeen Ali1 mat · avg 155.00155
  5. 8Chris Gayle2 mat · avg 38.25153
  6. 9Kevin Pietersen3 mat · avg 29.40147
  7. 10Matt Prior3 mat · avg 35.50142
  8. 11Michael Vaughan3 mat · avg 43.67131
  9. 12Dinesh Chandimal1 mat · avg 65.00130
  10. 13Andrew Strauss3 mat · avg 31.00124
  11. 14Ramnaresh Sarwan1 mat · avg 61.00122
  12. 15Ravi Bopara1 mat · avg 108.00108
ODI
  1. 4Ian Bell5 mat · avg 51.50206
  2. 5Harry Brook2 mat · avg 177.00177
  3. 6Kusal Perera3 mat · avg 55.67167
  4. 7Marcus Trescothick5 mat · avg 40.00160
  5. 8Jonathan Trott3 mat · avg 147.00147
  6. 9Brian Lara2 mat · avg 70.50141
  7. 10Kevin Pietersen3 mat · avg 67.50135
  8. 11Rassie van der Dussen2 mat · avg 134.00134
  9. 12Avishka Fernando2 mat · avg 67.00134
  10. 13Andrew Strauss5 mat · avg 26.20131
  11. 14Will Jacks2 mat · avg 130.00130
  12. 15Mahela Jayawardene2 mat · avg 128.00128
T20I
  1. 4Dawid Malan1 mat · avg 54.0054
  2. 5David Warner1 mat · avg 53.0053
  3. 6Harry Brook2 mat · avg 49.0049
  4. 7Jacques Kallis1 mat · avg 48.0048
  5. 8Jean-Paul Duminy1 mat · avg 47.0047
  6. 9Jonny Bairstow3 mat · avg 15.3346
  7. 10Michael Lumb1 mat · avg 43.0043
  8. 11Glenn Phillips1 mat · avg 41.0041
  9. 12Rovman Powell2 mat · avg 20.5041
  10. 13Chris Gayle1 mat · avg 40.0040
  11. 14Jamie Smith1 mat · avg 38.0038
  12. 15Eoin Morgan3 mat · avg 10.6732

Most wickets

Test
  1. 4Matthew Hoggard2 mat · avg 14.0813
  2. 5Ryan Harris1 mat · avg 20.789
  3. 6Nathan Lyon1 mat · avg 13.867
  4. 7Fidel Edwards2 mat · avg 45.176
  5. 8Tim Bresnan2 mat · avg 29.836
  6. 9Monty Panesar1 mat · avg 13.336
  7. 10Richard Johnson1 mat · avg 16.676
  8. 11Chris Woakes1 mat · avg 22.405
  9. 12Daren Powell1 mat · avg 25.405
  10. 13Ryan Sidebottom1 mat · avg 25.605
  11. 14Graeme Swann2 mat · avg 33.005
  12. 15Nuwan Pradeep1 mat · avg 29.754
ODI
  1. 4Lasith Malinga4 mat · avg 24.147
  2. 5Tim Bresnan4 mat · avg 26.577
  3. 6Will Jacks2 mat · avg 7.006
  4. 7Steven Finn2 mat · avg 18.336
  5. 8Adil Rashid6 mat · avg 62.405
  6. 9Mark Wood4 mat · avg 32.405
  7. 10Stuart Broad4 mat · avg 32.005
  8. 11Chris Woakes2 mat · avg 12.405
  9. 12James Franklin1 mat · avg 8.405
  10. 13Paul Collingwood7 mat · avg 30.005
  11. 14Dushmantha Chameera2 mat · avg 27.754
  12. 15Darren Gough4 mat · avg 40.254
T20I
  1. 4Carlos Brathwaite1 mat · avg 6.673
  2. 5Fawad Ahmed1 mat · avg 8.333
  3. 6Liam Plunkett1 mat · avg 9.003
  4. 7Kesrick Williams1 mat · avg 11.673
  5. 8Luke Wood1 mat · avg 12.333
  6. 9Brydon Carse2 mat · avg 17.333
  7. 10Steven Finn2 mat · avg 26.002
  8. 11James Faulkner1 mat · avg 18.502
  9. 12Romario Shepherd1 mat · avg 16.502
  10. 13Robin Peterson1 mat · avg 13.502
  11. 14Matthew Potts1 mat · avg 24.002
  12. 15Danny Briggs1 mat · avg 12.502

Highest score

Test
  1. 4Marcus Trescothick2 mat · avg 97.00151
  2. 5Shiv Chanderpaul2 mat · avg 92.00136
  3. 6Paul Collingwood2 mat · avg 193.00128
  4. 7Dinesh Chandimal1 mat · avg 65.00126
  5. 8Chris Rogers1 mat · avg 79.50110
  6. 9Ravi Bopara1 mat · avg 108.00108
  7. 10Ramnaresh Sarwan1 mat · avg 61.00100
  8. 11Alex Hales1 mat · avg 47.0083
  9. 12Aftab Ahmed1 mat · avg 88.0082
  10. 13Anthony McGrath1 mat · avg 81.0081
  11. 14Joe Root2 mat · avg 32.6780
  12. 15Angelo Mathews1 mat · avg 41.5080
ODI
  1. 4Murray Goodwin1 mat · avg 112.00112
  2. 5Harry Brook2 mat · avg 177.00110
  3. 6Kevin Pietersen3 mat · avg 67.50110
  4. 7Jonny Bairstow5 mat · avg 93.50106
  5. 8Sachin Tendulkar1 mat · avg 105.00105
  6. 9Sherwin Campbell2 mat · avg 59.50105
  7. 10Avishka Fernando2 mat · avg 67.00104
  8. 11Jason Roy4 mat · avg 54.00101
  9. 12Shaun Marsh1 mat · avg 101.00101
  10. 13Aaron Finch1 mat · avg 100.00100
  11. 14Faf du Plessis1 mat · avg 96.0096
  12. 15Grant Flower1 mat · avg 96.0096
T20I
  1. 4David Warner1 mat · avg 53.0053
  2. 5Evin Lewis2 mat · avg 45.0051
  3. 6Jacques Kallis1 mat · avg 48.0048
  4. 7Jean-Paul Duminy1 mat · avg 47.0047
  5. 8Harry Brook2 mat · avg 49.0043
  6. 9Michael Lumb1 mat · avg 43.0043
  7. 10Glenn Phillips1 mat · avg 41.0041
  8. 11Chris Gayle1 mat · avg 40.0040
  9. 12Jamie Smith1 mat · avg 38.0038
  10. 13Luke Wright1 mat · avg 30.0030
  11. 14Rovman Powell2 mat · avg 20.5028
  12. 15Jonny Bairstow3 mat · avg 15.3327

Most hundreds

ODI
  1. 4Kevin Pietersen3 mat · avg 67.501
  2. 5Rassie van der Dussen2 mat · avg 134.001
  3. 6Avishka Fernando2 mat · avg 67.001
  4. 7Mahela Jayawardene2 mat · avg 128.001
  5. 8Sherwin Campbell2 mat · avg 59.501
  6. 9Nicholas Pooran1 mat · avg 118.001
  7. 10Murray Goodwin1 mat · avg 112.001
  8. 11Sachin Tendulkar1 mat · avg 105.001
  9. 12Shaun Marsh1 mat · avg 101.001
  10. 13Aaron Finch1 mat · avg 100.001
T20I
Not recorded

Most fifties

Test
  1. 4Travis Friend1 mat · avg 65.001
  2. 5Graham Thorpe1 mat · avg 66.001
  3. 6Alec Stewart1 mat · avg 68.001
  4. 7Habibul Bashar1 mat · avg 34.501
  5. 8Shane Watson1 mat · avg 35.001
  6. 9Denesh Ramdin2 mat · avg 18.001
  7. 10Rangana Herath1 mat · avg 36.501
  8. 11Kaushal Silva1 mat · avg 36.501
  9. 12David Warner1 mat · avg 37.001
  10. 13Anthony McGrath1 mat · avg 81.001
  11. 14Angelo Mathews1 mat · avg 41.501
  12. 15Aftab Ahmed1 mat · avg 88.001
ODI
  1. 4Kusal Perera3 mat · avg 55.672
  2. 5Jonathan Trott3 mat · avg 147.002
  3. 6Brian Lara2 mat · avg 70.502
  4. 7Gavin Hamilton1 mat · avg 76.001
  5. 8Martin Guptill2 mat · avg 37.501
  6. 9Alec Stewart2 mat · avg 74.001
  7. 10Andrew Symonds1 mat · avg 73.001
  8. 11David Hussey1 mat · avg 70.001
  9. 12Damien Martyn1 mat · avg 68.001
  10. 13Travis Head1 mat · avg 63.001
  11. 14Janneman Malan1 mat · avg 57.001
  12. 15Tom Latham1 mat · avg 57.001

Most sixes

Test
  1. 4Matt Prior3 mat · avg 35.502
  2. 5Ian Bell3 mat · avg 97.331
  3. 6Sean Ervine1 mat · avg 17.001
  4. 7Sulieman Benn1 mat · avg 17.501
  5. 8Stuart Broad3 mat · avg 17.001
  6. 9Denesh Ramdin2 mat · avg 18.001
  7. 10David Warner1 mat · avg 37.001
  8. 11Anthony McGrath1 mat · avg 81.001
  9. 12Aftab Ahmed1 mat · avg 88.001
  10. 13Richard Johnson1 mat · avg 24.001
  11. 14Alex Hales1 mat · avg 47.001
  12. 15Ravi Bopara1 mat · avg 108.001
ODI
  1. 4Ravi Bopara5 mat · avg 30.673
  2. 5Joe Root7 mat · avg 44.003
  3. 6Jason Roy4 mat · avg 54.003
  4. 7Gavin Hamilton1 mat · avg 76.003
  5. 8Aaron Finch1 mat · avg 100.003
  6. 9Brian Lara2 mat · avg 70.503
  7. 10Kevin Pietersen3 mat · avg 67.503
  8. 11Owais Shah2 mat · avg 28.003
  9. 12Paul Collingwood7 mat · avg 25.203
  10. 13Ben Wheeler1 mat · avg 39.003
  11. 14Suresh Raina1 mat · avg 38.002
  12. 15Chris Gayle3 mat · avg 21.332
T20I
  1. 4Harry Brook2 mat · avg 49.003
  2. 5Alex Hales3 mat · avg 49.333
  3. 6David Warner1 mat · avg 53.003
  4. 7Finn Allen1 mat · avg 21.003
  5. 8Dawid Malan1 mat · avg 54.002
  6. 9Rovman Powell2 mat · avg 20.502
  7. 10Jamie Smith1 mat · avg 38.002
  8. 11Eoin Morgan3 mat · avg 10.672
  9. 12Nathan Coulter-Nile1 mat · avg 13.002
  10. 13Mark Chapman1 mat · avg 11.001
  11. 14Ashley Nurse1 mat · avg 13.001
  12. 15Johnson Charles1 mat · avg 18.001

Most fours

Test
  1. 4Marcus Trescothick2 mat · avg 97.0025
  2. 5Paul Collingwood2 mat · avg 193.0022
  3. 6Chris Rogers1 mat · avg 79.5022
  4. 7Kevin Pietersen3 mat · avg 29.4021
  5. 8Michael Vaughan3 mat · avg 43.6721
  6. 9Chris Gayle2 mat · avg 38.2520
  7. 10Ramnaresh Sarwan1 mat · avg 61.0018
  8. 11Moeen Ali1 mat · avg 155.0017
  9. 12Javed Omar1 mat · avg 54.0017
  10. 13Andrew Strauss3 mat · avg 31.0017
  11. 14Dwayne Bravo1 mat · avg 43.5015
  12. 15Aftab Ahmed1 mat · avg 88.0014
ODI
  1. 4Marcus Trescothick5 mat · avg 40.0020
  2. 5Kusal Perera3 mat · avg 55.6719
  3. 6Mahela Jayawardene2 mat · avg 128.0019
  4. 7Joe Root7 mat · avg 44.0018
  5. 8Ian Bell5 mat · avg 51.5018
  6. 9Jos Buttler5 mat · avg 28.0014
  7. 10Adam Gilchrist2 mat · avg 40.5014
  8. 11Will Jacks2 mat · avg 130.0014
  9. 12Steven Davies1 mat · avg 87.0013
  10. 13Eoin Morgan9 mat · avg 16.8613
  11. 14Ricky Ponting3 mat · avg 49.0013
  12. 15Avishka Fernando2 mat · avg 67.0013
T20I
  1. 4Jacques Kallis1 mat · avg 48.007
  2. 5Michael Lumb1 mat · avg 43.006
  3. 6Dawid Malan1 mat · avg 54.005
  4. 7David Warner1 mat · avg 53.005
  5. 8Jean-Paul Duminy1 mat · avg 47.004
  6. 9Glenn Phillips1 mat · avg 41.004
  7. 10Jamie Smith1 mat · avg 38.004
  8. 11Craig Kieswetter1 mat · avg 25.003
  9. 12Luke Wright1 mat · avg 30.003
  10. 13Will Jacks2 mat · avg 15.503
  11. 14Rovman Powell2 mat · avg 20.503
  12. 15Jonny Bairstow3 mat · avg 15.333

Most not outs

Test
  1. 4James Anderson4 mat · avg 16.672
  2. 5Lionel Baker1 mat · avg 4.002
  3. 6Douglas Hondo1 mat · avg 9.001
  4. 7Ryan Sidebottom1 mat · avg 26.001
  5. 8Corey Collymore1 mat · avg 29.001
  6. 9Nick Compton1 mat · avg 31.001
  7. 10Graeme Swann2 mat · avg 43.001
  8. 11Tim Bresnan2 mat · avg 57.001
  9. 12Travis Friend1 mat · avg 65.001
  10. 13Graham Thorpe1 mat · avg 66.001
  11. 14Aftab Ahmed1 mat · avg 88.001
  12. 15Michael Vaughan3 mat · avg 43.671
ODI
  1. 4Jonathan Trott3 mat · avg 147.002
  2. 5Liam Plunkett2 mat · avg 21.002
  3. 6James Pattinson1 mat · avg 8.001
  4. 7Saeed Ajmal1 mat · avg 9.001
  5. 8Nasser Hussain1 mat · avg 9.001
  6. 9Tim Bresnan4 mat · avg 11.001
  7. 10Dushmantha Chameera2 mat · avg 14.001
  8. 11Nick Knight1 mat · avg 17.001
  9. 12Enamul Haque1 mat · avg 17.001
  10. 13Dhammika Prasad1 mat · avg 7.001
  11. 14Chamika Karunaratne1 mat · avg 19.001
  12. 15David Miller1 mat · avg 24.001
T20I
  1. 4Mitchell Johnson1 mat · avg 3.001
  2. 5Ravi Bopara2 mat · avg 7.001
  3. 6Tim Southee1 mat · avg 7.001
  4. 7Liam Livingstone1 mat · avg 10.001
  5. 8Lockie Ferguson1 mat · avg 2.001
  6. 9Ashley Nurse1 mat · avg 13.001
  7. 10Graeme Swann1 mat · avg 18.001
  8. 11Stuart Broad2 mat · avg 18.001
  9. 12Joe Root2 mat · avg 18.001
  10. 13Jacob Bethell1 mat · avg 23.001
  11. 14Jean-Paul Duminy1 mat · avg 47.001
  12. 15Jacques Kallis1 mat · avg 48.001

Most balls faced

Test
  1. 4Chris Rogers1 mat · avg 79.50350
  2. 5Paul Collingwood2 mat · avg 193.00285
  3. 6Andrew Strauss3 mat · avg 31.00257
  4. 7Marcus Trescothick2 mat · avg 97.00254
  5. 8Matt Prior3 mat · avg 35.50249
  6. 9Kevin Pietersen3 mat · avg 29.40219
  7. 10Dinesh Chandimal1 mat · avg 65.00218
  8. 11Ravi Bopara1 mat · avg 108.00208
  9. 12Moeen Ali1 mat · avg 155.00207
  10. 13Jonny Bairstow2 mat · avg 30.00199
  11. 14Javed Omar1 mat · avg 54.00191
  12. 15Joe Root2 mat · avg 32.67190
ODI
  1. 4Jason Roy4 mat · avg 54.00226
  2. 5Marcus Trescothick5 mat · avg 40.00206
  3. 6Andrew Strauss5 mat · avg 26.20205
  4. 7Jonathan Trott3 mat · avg 147.00194
  5. 8Brian Lara2 mat · avg 70.50177
  6. 9Sherwin Campbell2 mat · avg 59.50173
  7. 10Michael Clarke2 mat · avg 40.50166
  8. 11Kusal Perera3 mat · avg 55.67166
  9. 12Harry Brook2 mat · avg 177.00163
  10. 13Kevin Pietersen3 mat · avg 67.50156
  11. 14Paul Collingwood7 mat · avg 25.20152
  12. 15Kusal Mendis3 mat · avg 34.67152
T20I
  1. 4Evin Lewis2 mat · avg 45.0051
  2. 5Jacques Kallis1 mat · avg 48.0044
  3. 6Dawid Malan1 mat · avg 54.0042
  4. 7David Warner1 mat · avg 53.0042
  5. 8Jonny Bairstow3 mat · avg 15.3340
  6. 9Glenn Phillips1 mat · avg 41.0038
  7. 10Harry Brook2 mat · avg 49.0032
  8. 11Eoin Morgan3 mat · avg 10.6729
  9. 12Rovman Powell2 mat · avg 20.5028
  10. 13Michael Lumb1 mat · avg 43.0027
  11. 14Craig Kieswetter1 mat · avg 25.0024
  12. 15Jacob Bethell1 mat · avg 23.0023

Best bowling figures

Test
  1. 4Steve Harmison3 mat · avg 23.195/38
  2. 5Monty Panesar1 mat · avg 13.335/46
  3. 6James Anderson4 mat · avg 17.685/58
  4. 7Matthew Hoggard2 mat · avg 14.085/73
  5. 8Ryan Sidebottom1 mat · avg 25.605/88
  6. 9Fidel Edwards2 mat · avg 45.175/112
  7. 10Nathan Lyon1 mat · avg 13.864/42
  8. 11Heath Streak1 mat · avg 16.004/64
  9. 12Nuwan Pradeep1 mat · avg 29.754/107
  10. 13Chris Woakes1 mat · avg 22.403/9
  11. 14Tim Bresnan2 mat · avg 29.833/45
  12. 15Andrew Flintoff1 mat · avg 18.003/58
ODI
  1. 4Sachithra Senanayake1 mat · avg 3.254/13
  2. 5Paul Collingwood7 mat · avg 30.004/15
  3. 6Chris Woakes2 mat · avg 12.404/18
  4. 7Steven Finn2 mat · avg 18.334/37
  5. 8David Willey3 mat · avg 15.224/43
  6. 9Anrich Nortje1 mat · avg 13.254/53
  7. 10Saeed Ajmal1 mat · avg 14.504/58
  8. 11Shoaib Akhtar2 mat · avg 13.003/11
  9. 12Nuwan Kulasekara1 mat · avg 5.003/15
  10. 13Wasim Akram1 mat · avg 7.673/23
  11. 14Jacob Oram1 mat · avg 7.673/23
  12. 15Dwaine Pretorius2 mat · avg 17.003/25
T20I
  1. 4Brydon Carse2 mat · avg 17.333/23
  2. 5Adil Rashid3 mat · avg 13.003/25
  3. 6Fawad Ahmed1 mat · avg 8.333/25
  4. 7Liam Plunkett1 mat · avg 9.003/27
  5. 8Kesrick Williams1 mat · avg 11.673/35
  6. 9Luke Wood1 mat · avg 12.333/37
  7. 10Sunil Narine1 mat · avg 7.502/15
  8. 11Johan Botha1 mat · avg 9.502/19
  9. 12Danny Briggs1 mat · avg 12.502/25
  10. 13Jacob Bethell1 mat · avg 13.502/27
  11. 14Robin Peterson1 mat · avg 13.502/27
  12. 15Romario Shepherd1 mat · avg 16.502/33
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